Students may seek and secure employment, such as Teaching Assistantships and Graduate Student Researchers at the University. Students are encouraged to apply for fellowships, as available and may also apply for graduate financial aid, if eligible.
Graduate Student titles include:
- Reader (course assistant who does course admin tasks and grading)
- Teaching Assistant (TA)
- Associate In _ (AI)
- Graduate Student Researcher (GSR)
Students working at least 25% time (10 hours per week) as a Reader, Teaching Assistant, or Associate In receive a remission of resident fees & tuition. The remission does not cover Non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST). For complete information on fee remissions, see Student Accounting.
Graduate Student Researchers working at least 25% time (10 hours per week) receive a full tuition remission.
Graduate students are limited to working 50% time (20 hours per week) to ensure that they have adequate time to keep up their degree progress.